Thanks for the advise i will give it a tryWould you consider trying this in Windows first? Use both /f and /r switches. Then consider other things afterward.
How to Run CHKDSK on External Hard/USB Drive - 3 Steps - MiniTool
Detailed guide for how to run CHKDSK on external hard drive or USB drive in Windows 10. Also learn how to recover data from external hard drive or USB drive.www.minitool.com
Then find chkdsk results in Event Viewer:
How to find chkdsk results in Windows 10
So, I always start from within Windows for these kinds of things.
drevitalize.com
i did read this article and tried to reset the counter and it got backI use DRevitalize. It's cheaper than HDD Regenerator and SpinRite. It was last updated at the end of 2020.
DRevitalize - revitalize physically damaged magnetic media - STORAGE DEVICES BAD SECTOR DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR
DRevitalize v4.10 (Windows and UEFI) public demo available Windows version is 4.10 UEFI version is 4.10 LIST OF VENDOR SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS SUPPORTED IN DREVITALIZE (red color cross means the function is only supported in version 3.32 or higher) DREVITALIZE V4.10 Read more…
Also read the link HD Sentinel suggested reading.
Hard disk case: communication errors
Problems occurred between the communication of the hard disk and the hostwww.hdsentinel.com
When you have a number of bad sectors, it's often an indication that the drive will fail soon. Make sure you have a backup of the data on drive and keep using HD Sentinel to keep track on the health of the drive. If the number of bad sectors keeps increasing, it's best to stop using the drive.
it has some detections on virustotal . it may be false positives but i am worryI use DRevitalize. It's cheaper than HDD Regenerator and SpinRite. It was last updated at the end of 2020.
DRevitalize - revitalize physically damaged magnetic media - STORAGE DEVICES BAD SECTOR DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR
DRevitalize v4.10 (Windows and UEFI) public demo available Windows version is 4.10 UEFI version is 4.10 LIST OF VENDOR SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS SUPPORTED IN DREVITALIZE (red color cross means the function is only supported in version 3.32 or higher) DREVITALIZE V4.10 Read more…
Also read the link HD Sentinel suggested reading.
Hard disk case: communication errors
Problems occurred between the communication of the hard disk and the host
When you have a number of bad sectors, it's often an indication that the drive will fail soon. Make sure you have a backup of the data on drive and keep using HD Sentinel to keep track on the health of the drive. If the number of bad sectors keeps increasing, it's best to stop using the drive.
You don't want to just reset the counter. The errors will still be there.
Don't worry, they are false positives. AI based scanners such as CrowdStrike and SecureAge often have issues with false positives. Ikarus has issues with false positives too and I wouldn't take any notice of the detection from MaxSecure as it is a terrible antivirus. Most importantly, the current version of DRevitalize was released in November of 2020. If it was actually malicious, big name antiviruses would have started detecting it long ago.
Ditto. Been using chkdsk for a long time for a long list of problems. In the cases where a drive was too badly corrupted for chkdsk you usually can boot to a live Linux CD and work with that. Plenty of dicumentation out there and it isn't very difficult. If you can't fix a drive this way you can still usually access the drive and copy what you need from this. If you need some help with the live cd method I can help.Would you consider trying this in Windows first? Use both /f and /r switches. Then consider other things afterward.
How to Run CHKDSK on External Hard/USB Drive - 3 Steps - MiniTool
Detailed guide for how to run CHKDSK on external hard drive or USB drive in Windows 10. Also learn how to recover data from external hard drive or USB drive.
Then find chkdsk results in Event Viewer:
How to find chkdsk results in Windows 10
So, I always start from within Windows for these kinds of things.
totoro-niisan.com
I thought about formatting but stopped it as i was in harry i already take backup on my new HDD external hard drive but i don't want to give up my old one if it could be fixed " it 2 TB storage " such waste of storageAfter backing up, it may be improved by low-level formatting.
Also, the software that WD distributed until 2020 seems to be able to test and low-level format the disk, so it's convenient. According to the introductory article I read, it seems that it can also be used with HDD disks that are not made by WD.
Since formatting is a prerequisite, a backup is required. And the low-level format takes quite a long time.
It is a Japanese site, but it may be helpful. The low-level format did not eliminate the bad sectors, but it improved the health and made it usable without problems.
不良セクタのあるHDDをローレベルフォーマットして、とりあえず使えるようにした話
こんにちは、トトロ兄さんです。 今回は、8年前のHDDをとりあえず使えるようにした話です。 はじめに 今回調子が悪くなったのは、IO DATAの「LAN DISK Home（HDLP-S
i checked the the external harddisk using check disk command and it didnot find a problem in the hard disk
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